Following the approval of a new amendment to the Companies Law, Cap 113, new Section 298B provides that in every winding up of an insolvent company, the provisions of Bankruptcy Law (Cap 5) shall prevail with regard to the property of any person adjudged bankrupt and with regard to the respective rights of secured and unsecured creditors and to debts provable and to the valuation of annuities and future and contingent liabilities and all persons who would be entitled to prove for and receive dividends out of the assets of the company may come in under the winding up of the company and make such claims against the company.

In an effort to attract new investments and promote development in the constructions sector, the Parliament approved an amendment to the Department of Land and Surveys (Fees and Charges) Law that provides for a 50% reduction of the transfer fees payable on the sale of immovable property and the registration of leases or subleases that shall take place until the end of December 2016.

The Cyprus Parliament has approved a bill amending Section 58 of the Business of Credit Institutions Law, thus extending the prohibition of the sale, assignment or disposal of total or part of any loan and/or rights deriving from any loan facility contract until October 30, 2015.

According to a new amendment to the above Law, in cases where a mortgaged immovable property is sold and the related sale contract is submitted to the Department of Land and Surveys under the provisions of the Sale of Land (Specific Performance) Law, the sale of the said property in satisfaction of any encumbrance created to secure the seller’s credit facility contract is further suspended until the end of December 2015 on the same conditions already provided in Section 44 of the basic law.